The Journal Friday Newshound Quiz

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SOME SAY THE news is the first draft of history. Others might think of it as watching pub quiz questions unfold in real-time.

After roughly a billion matches, the World Cup is finally reaching its dramatic end this weekend.

It was a decent tournament; England were beaten in the semi-finals, there were some phenomenal games, we got some mileage out of legendary Crumlin defender Pico Lopes, and most importantly, England were beaten.

There was other news this week, plenty of it. Did you keep up with it?

San Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for his portrayal of Dr Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park films, died on Monday. How many films in the Jurassic Park/World series did he star in?

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There's a hosepipe ban in effect for six counties due to the hot weather. How long will the ban be in effect for?

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Two weeks

Four weeks

Six weeks

Eight weeks

The National Lottery announced this week that it will be making some of the biggest changes to the Lotto in years, cutting the number of balls from 47 to 45 and introducing a brand-new draw on which day?

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Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

Sunday

Computer chipmaking giant Intel announced on Monday that they would invest how much money in their plant in Leixlip, Co Kildare?

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€760 million

€2 billion

€4 billion

€5 billion

As previously mentioned, England were beaten in the semi-finals of the World Cup against Argentina on Wednesday. Which English player scored the team's only goal during the match?

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Jude Bellingham

Harry Kane

Anthony Gordon

Declan Rice

A public consultation into sunbeds found this week that what percenatage of respondents were strongly against a banning their commercial use in Ireland?

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52%

67%

73%

88%

Galway and Limerick face off in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final in Croke Park on Sunday. In what year did the two teams last face off in a final?

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2018

2016

2012

2008

Which British political party had to clarify that it was not proposing to ban Irish-language election leaflets in England, Wales and Northern Ireland after a drafting error?

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Labour

Conservatives

Liberal Democrats

Reform UK

Which former US president announced this week that he is writing a book about his time in office?

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Joe Biden

Barack Obama

George Bush

Bill Clinton

The Occupied Territories Bill was passed on Wednesday by the Irish government, clearing its way to be signed into law. When was the bill first proposed by Senator Frances Black?